diff --git a/ogscm/recipes/ogs_jupyter.py b/ogscm/recipes/ogs_jupyter.py
index bd9e79efbe198468443f02351da2f3dbcc37886b..8ab126571bca4cdc614ccb32b6c8cb20f18473d7 100644
--- a/ogscm/recipes/ogs_jupyter.py
+++ b/ogscm/recipes/ogs_jupyter.py
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ else:
     conda_packages.append("mesalib")
 conda_packages.append(f"vtk=*={vtk_rendering_backend}*")
 
-for package in versions["python"]["notebook_requirements"]:
-    pip_packages.append(package)
+if "notebook_requirements" in versions["python"]:
+    for package in versions["python"]["notebook_requirements"]:
+        pip_packages.append(package)
 
 pip_packages.sort()
 conda_packages.sort()